Leviticus 23:23-25;
Isaiah 27:12-13
"Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on
my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble,
for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand-"
(JOEL 2:1)
The Fall Feasts of Israel are still an important time for observant Jews, and as with all of His appointed times, we should find great significance in them, too, as believers in Jesus the Messiah. The first of the Fall Feasts is known today as Rosh Hashanah (literally Head of the Year), yet in Leviticus it is referred to as simply a day of "blowing." By implication, it is the day of "blowing of trumpets" sounding the alarm and calling God's people to be on the alert, to sit up, take notice, and be ready for action... because something very important is about to happen.
Ancient Israel was constantly told to awaken, for the alarm was sounding. "Awake, awake O Zion..." (Isaiah 52:1) We are also told to listen for the sounding of the alarm. "The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed" (Romans 13:11).
Are we listening for the alarm? "...now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation"
(2 Corinthians 6:1).
INSIGHT
MORNING COMES WHETHER YOU SET THE ALARM OR NOT.
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Amos 4-6
Proverbs 18
1 John 3-4
Leviticus 23:23-25
New International Version (NIV)
The Festival of Trumpets
23 The Lord said to Moses, 24 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. 25 Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.
Isaiah 27:12-13
New International Version (NIV)
12 In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, Israel, will be gathered up one by one. 13 And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
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